BLOOMFIELD, N.J. - The Saint Michael's College men's basketball team lost to Bloomfield College, 83-82, on Saturday during non-conference play. The Purple Knights, who yielded the winning hoop with four seconds left, were eighth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-5), Bloomfield (5-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Kasai Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y./Millbrook School), 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals, 4 assists, 6-for-14 field goals, 4-for-7 three-pointers, 5-for-6 free throws
• Sophomore CJ Crews (Tampa, Fla./Bayshore Christian School), 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 6-for-13 field goals, 7-for-7 free throws
• First-year Alan Brzezinski (Örebro, Sweden/Western Reserve Academy), 11 points, 4 rebounds, 4-for-7 field goals
• Sophomore Nic Button (Skaneateles, N.Y./Cheshire Academy), 8 points, 3-for-5 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Junior Joël Kabimba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Middleburg Academy/Bryant), 6 points, 4 assists, 3-for-6 field goals
• First-year Darrel Yepdo (Dracut, Mass./Brooks School), 6 points, 2-for-2 three-pointers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Josh Morris, 22 points, 10 rebounds, 8-for-15 field goals, 6-for-7 free throws
• Senior Tyrek Battle-Holley, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 7-for-9 field goals
• Redshirt sophomore Andres Fulgencio, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists
• Sophomore Deavion Ellis, 12 points, 4-for-5 field goals, 2-for-2 three-pointers
• Redshirt first-year Izaiah Poole, 6 points, 5 assists

GAME FACTS

• Four of the Purple Knights' losses have come by two points or less, including three by a single point. In all, eight of the Purple and Gold's 11 contests have been determined by eight points or fewer.
• The teams had played only once before - exactly 23 years ago to the day, on Dec. 10, 1999, in Colchester.
• Saint Michael's shot 16-for-17 (94.1%) on free throws.
• The teams exchanged 11 leads and played through seven ties.
• Nine different Purple Knights got in the scoring column, while seven had assists.
• Crews scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half.

THE ACTION

• The teams played through four lead swings in the opening 2:46 alone, and the Purple Knights led 10-6 on Kabimba's lay-in at 16:45.
• Fulgencio's three-pointer - on his team's lone attempt of the first half - capped a 7-0 run, and Battle-Holley's put-back had the Bears ahead 21-15 by the 10:13 mark.
• Button knocked down a jumper at 8:44 to bring Saint Michael's within a point, but four players scored as Bloomfield netted the next eight points to grab the first of three nine-point leads in the stanza.
• Over the final 2:17, Yepdo nailed back-to-back triples, and Button canned a trey of his own at 31 seconds to create a 37-35 margin by halftime.
• Brown's personal 11-6 run gave the visitors a 52-49 lead by 14:14 of the second half.
• Ellis' three at 12:44 finished off a go-ahead 7-0 run by Bloomfield, which extended its lead to 65-56 by 9:08.
• Saint Michael's still trailed 77-71 with fewer than three minutes to go, but Brown knocked down two free throws at 2:57 before Brzezinski went on a personal 7-2 run, capped by hitting the go-ahead three at 55 seconds (80-79).
• Morris converted a pair of freebies at 33 seconds, but Brzezinski was fouled shooting a baseline jumper at 14 ticks before hitting two free throws of his own, giving the visitors an 82-81 edge.
• Ellis responded by making the go-ahead lay-in at four seconds. The Purple Knights inbounded but didn't get a final shot away before the buzzer.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Next Saturday at Mercy College, 2 p.m.